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fining
(encz) | fining,pokutování n: Zdeněk Brož |
fining
(encz) | fining,zjemňování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Fining
(gcide) | Fine \Fine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fined (f[imac]nd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Fining.] [From Fine, a.]
1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to
fine gold.
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It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men.
--Hobbes.
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2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.;
as. to fine the soil. --L. H. Bailey.
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3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a
ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
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I often sate at home
On evenings, watching how they fined themselves
With gradual conscience to a perfect night.
--Browning.
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Fining
(gcide) | Fining \Fin"ing\, n.
1. The act of imposing a fin?.
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2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also
(Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for
puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.
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3. That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of
isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer.
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Fining pot, a vessel in which metals are refined. --Prov.
xvii. 3.
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confining
(encz) | confining, |
defining
(encz) | defining,definující adj: Zdeněk Broždefining,určující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fining
(encz) | fining,pokutování n: Zdeněk Brožfining,zjemňování n: Zdeněk Brož |
predefining
(encz) | predefining, |
redefining
(encz) | redefining,předefinování n: Zdeněk Brož |
refining
(encz) | refining,zušlechťování n: Zdeněk Brož |
refining industry
(encz) | refining industry, n: |
close confining
(gcide) | confined \confined\ adj.
1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
usually a building. Opposite of unconfined.
Note: [Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining;
homebound, housebound, shut-in; {in
childbed(prenominal)}; pent, shut up(predicate);
snowbound; weather-bound; {stormbound,
storm-bound}]
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2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or
restraint.
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3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor
area; -- of animals.
Syn: fenced in, penned.
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4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue.
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5. held prisoner.
Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.
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6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area;
as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of
the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.
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Coffining
(gcide) | Coffin \Cof"fin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coffined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Coffining.]
To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
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Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home?
--Shak.
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Devotion is not coffined in a cell. --John Hall
(1646).
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Confining
(gcide) | Confine \Con*fine"\ (k[o^]n*f[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Confined; p. pr. & vb. n. Confining.] [F. confiner to
border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis
boundary, end. See Final, Finish.]
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound;
to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
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Now let not nature's hand
Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! --Shak.
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He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and
the slavery of rhyme. --Dryden.
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To be confined, to be in childbed.
Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose;
circumscribe; restrict.
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Defining
(gcide) | Define \De*fine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Defining.] [OE. definer, usually, to end, to finish, F.
d['e]finir to define, L. definire to limit, define; de- +
finire to limit, end, finis boundary, limit, end. See
Final, Finish.]
1. To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
"To define controversies." --Barrow.
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2. To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark
the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or
country.
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3. To determine with precision; to mark out with
distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the
defining power of an optical instrument.
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Rings . . . very distinct and well defined. --Sir I.
Newton.
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4. To determine the precise signification of; to fix the
meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound
or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a
scientific term.
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They define virtue to be life ordered according to
nature. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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Fining pot
(gcide) | Fining \Fin"ing\, n.
1. The act of imposing a fin?.
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2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also
(Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for
puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.
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3. That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of
isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer.
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Fining pot, a vessel in which metals are refined. --Prov.
xvii. 3.
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Refining
(gcide) | Refine \Re*fine"\ (r?*f?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refined
(-find"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refining.] [Pref. re- + fine to
make fine: cf. F. raffiner.]
1. To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from
impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from
extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine
gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.
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I will bring the third part through the fire, and
will refine them as silver is refined. --Zech. xiii.
9.
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2. To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant,
low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish;
as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the
taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.
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Love refines
The thoughts, and heart enlarges. --Milton.
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Syn: To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble.
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confining
(wn) | confining
adj 1: restricting the scope or freedom of action [syn:
confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting,
restricting]
2: crowded; "close quarters" [syn: close, confining] |
defining
(wn) | defining
n 1: any process serving to define the shape of something [syn:
shaping, defining] |
refining
(wn) | refining
n 1: the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals
or sugar etc.) [syn: refining, refinement,
purification] |
refining industry
(wn) | refining industry
n 1: an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products
[syn: oil industry, refining industry, oil business] |
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